Lady Violet Powell

Lady Violet Powell

Lady Violet Powell (March 13, 1912 - January 12, 2002), born Violet Georgiana Pakenham, third daughter of Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford and Lady Mary Julia Child Villiers (daughter of Victor Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey), was a writer and critic.

She married Anthony Powell (December 21 1905 - March 28 2000) on December 1 1934 at All Saints Anglican Church, Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge; they had two children, Tristram and John.

Lady Violet Powell is generally taken to be the model for the character of Isobel Tolland in her husband's novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time" Fact|date=April 2007.

Books

Some of her books are:

* "The Album of Anthony Powell's Dance to the Music of Time"
* "A Compton-Burnett Compendium"
* "A Jane Austen Compendium: The Six Major Novels"
* "The Constant Novelist: A Study of Margaret Kennedy, 1896-1967"
* "Flora Annie Steel: Novelist of India"
* "The Irish Cousins: The Books and Background of Somerville and Ross"
* "The Life of a Provincial Lady: A Study of E.M. Delafield and Her Works"
* "Margaret, Countess of Jersey: A Biography"
* "A Substantial Ghost: The Literary Adventures of Maude ffoulkes"

Autobiography

# "Five Out of Six: An Autobiography" (a reference to her birth order amongst her siblings)
# "Within the Family Circle: An Autobiography"
# "The Departure Platform: An Autobiography"

References

* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/01/15/db1501.xml Obituary in The Telegraph]


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